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THIS IS THE RESET MODE FOR THE CALENDAR FOR AUGUST.
1 (JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, DISCIPLE OF JESUS)
2 (Georg Weissel, German Lutheran Pastor and Hymn Writer)
- Anna Bernadine Dorothy Hoppe, U.S. Lutheran Hymn Writer and Translator
- Christian Gottfried Gebhard, German Moravian Composer and Music Educator
- Frederick William Foster, English Moravian Bishop, Liturgist, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Peter Julian Eymard, Founder of the Priests of the Blessed Sacrament, the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Priests’ Eucharistic League; and Organizer of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament
3 (JOANNA, MARY, AND SALOME, WITNESSES TO THE RESURRECTION)
4 (John Brownlie, Scottish Presbyterian Minister, Hymn Writer, and Translator of Hymns)
- Frédéric Janssoone, French Roman Catholic Priest and Friar
- Lambert Beauduin, Belgian Roman Catholic Priest and Pioneer of Liturgical Renewal
5 (Alfred Tennyson, English Poet)
- Adam of St. Victor, Roman Catholic Monk and Hymn Writer
- Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald, and Lucas Cranach the Elder, Renaissance Artists
- George Frederick Root, Poet and Composer
6 (TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST)
7 (Colbert S. Cartwright, U.S. Disciples of Christ Minister, Liturgist, and Witness for Civil Rights)
- Guglielmo Massaia, Italian Cardinal, Missionary, and Capuchin Friar
- John Scrimger, Canadian Presbyterian Minister, Ecumenist, and Liturgist
- Victricius of Rouen, Roman Conscientious Objector and Roman Catholic Bishop
8 (Mary MacKillop, Founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart)
- Altman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Passau
- Dominic, Founder of the Order of Preachers
9 (Edith Stein, Roman Catholic Nun and Philosopher)
- Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox Monk and Missionary to the Aleut
- John Dryden, English Puritan then Anglican then Roman Catholic Poet, Playwright, and Translator
- Mary Sumner, Foundress of the Mothers’ Union
10 (William Walsham How, Anglican Bishop of Wakefield and Hymn Writer; and his sister, Frances Jane Douglas(s), Hymn Writer)
- John Athelstan Laurie Riley, Anglican Ecumenist, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Cyriaca, Roman Catholic Martyr at Rome, 249; and Sixtus II, His Companions, and Laurence of Rome, Roman Catholic Martyrs at Rome, 258
- Edward Grzymala and Franciszek Drzewiecki, Polish Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs, 1942
11 (Gregory Thaumaturgus, Roman Catholic Bishop of Neocaesarea; and Alexander of Comana “the Charcoal Burner,” Roman Catholic Martyr, 252, and Bishop of Comana, Pontus)
- Equitius of Valeria, Benedictine Abbot and Founder of Monasteries
- Matthias Loy, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Educator, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator; and Conrad Hermann Louis Schuette, German-American Lutheran Minister, Educator, Hymn Writer, and Hymn Translator
- Maurice Tornay, Swiss Roman Catholic Priest, Missionary to Tibet, and Martyr, 1949
12 (Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Abolitionist, Congressman, and Witness for Civil Rights)
- Charles Inglis, Anglican Bishop of Nova Scotia
- Józef Stepniak and Józef Straszewski, Polish Roman Catholic Priest and Martyrs, 1942
- Karl Leisner, German Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1945
13 (Jeremy Taylor, Anglican Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore)
- Elizabeth Payson Prentiss, U.S. Presbyterian Hymn Writer
14 (William Croft, Anglican Organist and Composer)
- John Bajus, U.S. Lutheran Minister and Hymn Translator
- John Henry Hopkins, Jr., Episcopal Priest and Hymnodist; and his nephew, John Henry Hopkins, III, Episcopal Priest and Musician
- Maximilian Kolbe, Roman Catholic Priest and Martyr, 1941; and Jonathan Myrick Daniels, Episcopal Seminarian and Martyr, 1965
- Sarah Flower Adams, English Unitarian Hymn Writer; and her sister, Eliza Flower, English Unitarian Composer
15 (MARY OF NAZARETH, MOTHER OF GOD)
16 (John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, Prime Ministers of Canada; and Tommy Douglas, Federal Leader of the New Democratic Party)
- Alipius, Roman Catholic Bishop of Tagaste and Friend of St. Augustine of Hippo
- John Courtney Murray, U.S. Roman Catholic Priest and Theologian
- John Jones of Talysarn, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Minister and Hymn Tune Composer
- Matthias Claudius, German Lutheran Writer
17 (Samuel Johnson, Congregationalist Minister, Anglican Priest, President of King’s College, “Father of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut,” and “Father of American Library Classification;” Timothy Cutler, Congregationalist Minister, Anglican Priest, and Rector of Yale College; Daniel Browne, Educator, Congregationalist Minister, and Anglican Priest; and James Wetmore, Congregationalist Minister and Anglican Priest)
- Baptisms of Manteo and Virginia Dare, 1587
- George Croly, Anglican Priest, Poet, Historian, Novelist, Dramatist, Theologian, and Hymn Writer
- William James Early Bennett, Anglican Priest
18 (Artemisia Bowden, African-American Educator and Civil Rights Activist)
- Erdmann Neumeister, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
- Francis John McConnell, U.S. Methodist Bishop and Social Reformer
- Jonathan Friedrich Bahnmaier, German Lutheran Minister and Hymn Writer
19 (Sixtus III, Bishop of Rome)
- Blaise Pascal, French Roman Catholic Scientist, Mathematician, and Theologian
- Magnus and Agricola of Avignon, Roman Catholic Bishops of Avignon
- William Hammond, English Moravian Hymn Writer
20 (ZACCHAEUS, PENITENT TAX COLLECTOR AND ROMAN COLLABORATOR)
21 (Bruno Zembol, Polish Roman Catholic Friar and Martyr, 1942)
- Camerius, Cisellus, and Luxorius of Sardinia, Martyrs, 303
- Martyrs of Edessa, Circa 304
- Maximilian of Antioch,Martyr, Circa 353; and Bonosus and Maximianus the Soldier, Martyrs, 362
22 (Jack Layton, Canadian Activist and Federal Leader of the New Democratic Party)
- Hryhorii Khomyshyn, Symeon Lukach, and Ivan Slezyuk, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops and Martyrs, 1947, 1964, and 1973
- John Kemble and John Wall, English Roman Catholic Priests and Martyrs, 1679
- Thomas Percy, Richard Kirkman, and William Lacey, English Roman Catholic Martyrs, 1572 and 1582
23 (Martin de Porres and Juan Macias, Humanitarians and Dominican Lay Brothers; Rose of Lima, Humanitarian and Dominican Sister; and Turibius of Mogrovejo, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lima)
- Theodore O. Wedel, Episcopal Priest and Biblical Scholar; and his wife, Cynthia Clark Wedel, U.S. Psychologist and Episcopal Ecumenist
24 (BARTHOLOMEW THE APOSTLE, MARTYR)
25 (Michael Faraday, Scientist)
- Andrea Bordino, Italian Roman Catholic Lay Brother
- Maria Troncatti, Italian Roman Catholic Nun
- William John Copeland, Anglican Priest and Hymn Translator
26 (Frederick William Herzberger, U.S. Lutheran Minister, Humanitarian, and Hymn Translator)
- Levkadia Harasymiv, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Nun, and Martyr, 1952
- Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi and Maria Corsini Beltrame Quattrocchi, Italian Roman Catholic Humanitarians
- Teresa of Jesus, Jornet y Ibars, Catalan Roman Catholic Nun and Cofoundress of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly
27 (Thomas Gallaudet and Henry Winter Syle, Episcopal Priests and Educators of the Deaf)
- Amadeus of Clermont, French Roman Catholic Monk; and his son, Amadeus of Lausanne, French-Swiss Roman Catholic Abbot and Bishop
- Dominic Barberi, Roman Catholic Apostle to England
- Henriette Luise von Hayn, German Moravian Hymn Writer
28 (Ambrose of Milan, Roman Catholic Bishop; Monica of Hippo, Mother of St. Augustine of Hippo; and Augustine of Hippo, Roman Catholic Bishop of Hippo Regius)
- Denis Wortman, U.S. Dutch Reformed Minister and Hymn Writer
- Laura S. Coperhaver, U.S. Lutheran Hymn Writer and Missionary Leader
- Moses the Black, Roman Catholic Monk, Abbot, and Martyr
29 (BEHEADING OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST)
30 (Jeanne Jugan, Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor)
- John Leary, U.S. Roman Catholic Social Activist and Advocate for the Poor and Marginalized
- Karl Otto Eberhardt, German Moravian Organist, Music Educator, and Composer
31 (NICODEMUS, DISCIPLE OF JESUS)
Lowercase boldface on a date with two or more commemorations indicates a primary feast.